More fine work by Bob Labbance.
PGA Show Ecclectic
Gary Van Sickle returns from the PGA Show with a succinct overview of the more offbeat and obscure new things in golf gear.
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Lines of Charm: Brilliant And Irreverent Quotes, Notes, And Anecdotes from Golf's Golden Age Architects -
The Future of Golf: How Golf Lost Its Way and How to Get It Back -
Grounds for Golf: The History and Fundamentals of Golf Course Design -
The Art of Golf Design -
Alister MacKenzie's Cypress Point Club -
The Golden Age of Golf Design -
The Good Doctor Returns: A Novel -
Masters of the Links: Essays on the Art of Golf and Course Design -
The Captain: George C. Thomas Jr. and His Golf Architecture
Current Reading
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The Vardon Invasion: Harry's Triumphant 1900 American Tour -
Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and SonThe 2007 USGA Book Award winner.
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MATCH, THE: THE DAY THE GAME OF GOLF CHANGED FOREVERThe cover picture alone is worth it, though that subtitle is a bit over the top.
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Planet Golf: The Definitive Reference to Great Golf Courses Outside the United States of AmericaOliver's design insights and Scalleti's images make for an amazing look at the best golf outside the U.S.
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Journey Through the LinksA wonderful coffee table book for links golf lovers. Profiles all of the hidden gems too.
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Pinehurst ~ Home of American GolfAn impressive and lavishly illustrated analysis of Pinehurst golf courses and history.
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Jack Nicklaus: Simply the Best. -
The Big Curmudgeon: 2,500 Outrageously Irreverent Quotations from World-Class Grumps and Cantankerous CommentatorsThe original classics are back but under one cover and including new interviews with Lewis Black and even yours truly.
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Fanatic: Ten Things All Sports Fans Should Do Before They DieChapters on The Masters, Final Four, Kentucky Derby, Fenway and Wimbledon among others.
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The Scorecard Always Lies: A Year Behind the Scenes on the PGA TourInside the 2006 PGA Tour season. Like A Good Walk Spoiled only much, much better.
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Speaking Out for America's Poor: A Millionaire Socialist in the Progressive EraThe first biography of Robert Hunter, co-architect of Cypress Point and Valley Club of Montecito, among other things!
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Dream Golf : The Making of Bandon DunesA great new book on the building of Bandon Dunes.
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Anti DepressantCole is a brilliant singer-songwriter and an avid student of golf architecture. Check out Music In A Foreign Language and Etc. too.
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To the NinesTony Pioppi's loving tribute to 9-hole courses, including George Thomas's Marion.
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A Disorderly Compendium of GolfA fun, quirky gift book for all types of golfers.
Classics
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Emerald Gems:The Links of IrelandBeautiful photos of the great Irish links.
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A Season In Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands -
The Book Of Golfers: A Biographical History Of The Royal & Ancient Game -
Rough Meditations: From Tour Caddie to Golf Course Critic, An Insider's Look at the Game -
Bernard Darwin On Golf (On) -
British Golf Links: A Short Account Of The Leading Golf Links Of The United Kiingdom -
The Spirit of St. Andrews -
Club Life: The Games Golfers Play -
Discovering Donald Ross: The Architect and his Golf Courses -
Evangelist of Golf: The Story of Charles Blair MacDonald -
The Course Beautiful : A Collection of Original Articles and Photographs on Golf Course Design -
Reminiscences Of The Links -
Gleanings from the Wayside -
The Missing Links: America's Greatest Lost Golf Courses & Holes
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